Door-hanger



L. KULES.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1920.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

I V 1 OR B j .State of Pennsylvania,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

LEO KULES, OF MOUNT WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

DO OIL-HAN GER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed May 4, 1920. Serial No. 378,835.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lao KULEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Washington, in the county of Allegheny and have invented new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification. This invention-relates to door hangers, and more particularly to a hanger specially adapted for use in connection with garage doors and for similar purposes.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a hanger of simple construction which may be readily applied, and which can be produced at small cost. A further object is to provide a hanger which can be applied to a garage door composed of two or more hingedly connected sections in such manner that the line of suspension of the door coincides with its hinge axis so as to eliminate sagging. A further object is to provide means which will permit the door to make short turns so that it can readily travel upon an L-shaped track extending along the front and one side of the garage such as are now in common use. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front view of the hanger applied.

Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section.

In the form of hanger illustrated I provide a truck 1 which includes a housing of substantially U-shape, within which is rotatably mounted a grooved pulley 2 which travels upon a track 3, this track in practice extending above the doorway and along one side of the garage.

Pulley 2 is mounted upon a pin 2 which passes through housing 1 and is provided on its inner end with a horizontally disposed eye 2. A flat lug '2' projects from the inner face of inner arm 4 of the housing and is provided with an opening in alinement with the opening of eye 2. A bolt 7, provided at its lower end with a head 7, is inserted through sleeves 8 of hinge leaves 9 secured to door sections 10 and passes through lug 7 and eye 2. Two adjusting nuts 11 are threaded upon the bolt above eye 2, these nuts providing means for adjusting the door vertically. As the l ne of suspension of the door is coincident with its hinge axis sagging of either door section is prevented and the (1001' may be readily moved about curves of short radius without danger of jamming or binding. In this form of hanger the housing can be readily formed from sheet metal of suitable gage, and the inner arm 4 of the housing is reinforced by the bolt 7 passing through the apertured proections 7 and 2. This provides a light hanger of great strength which can be produced at small cost.

What I claim is 1. In combination with two adjacent door sectlons and hinge leaves secured thereto and having interfitting sleeves, a housing, a pulley mounted within the housing, a pin passing through the housing and the pulley and provided at one end with an eye, said housing being provided with an apertured lug below and in alinement with said eye, and a bolt passing through said eye and lug and the sleeves of the hinge leaves.

2. In combination with two adjacent door sections and hinge leaves secured thereto and having interfitting sleeves,a housing, a pulley mounted within the housing, a pin passing through the housing and the pulley and provided at one end with an eye, said housing being provided with an apertured lug in alinement with said eye, and a bolt passing through said eye and lug and the sleeves of the hinge leaves.

3. In combination with two adjacent door sections and hinge leaves secured thereto and having interfitting sleeves, a housing, a pulley mounted within the housing, a pin passing through the housing and the pulley and provided at one end with an eye, said housing being provided with an apertured lug in alinement with said eye, a bolt passing through said eye and lug and the sleeves of the hinge leaves, and means cooperating with the bolt for adjusting the door sections vertically.

4. In a door hanger, the combination of a housing, a wheel journaled in said housing, spaced members projecting from said housing and provided with vertically alined apertures, said members being attached directly to the housing, and a suspending bolt extending through said apertures and adapted for insertion through the interfitting sleeves of ad'acent hinge leaves.

5. in a door hanger, the combination of a housing of substantially inverted U-shape having one arm longer than the other and,

bent beneath the loop of the said housing, a wheel journaled in said housing, spaced 5 members projecting from said housing and provided With vertically alined apertures,

and a suspending bolt extending through said apertures and adapted for insertion through the interfitting sleeves of adjacent hinge leaves. 10 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LEO KULES. 

